Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jimmy Cliff, a Grammy Award-winning singer and actor, who helped Jamaican reggae music find its place within global pop culture, ...

Reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff, who’s unique tone, lyricism and breakthrough role on the silver screen helped make the music of his native Jamaica part of popular culture across the globe, has died at ...

Jamaica is one of the epicenters of music and culture. With more artists emerging on the scene, it’s important to note the names of the Jamaican music producers who have pushed artists into newer, and ...

Reggae is a genre born in Jamaica that emerged from ska and mento in the late 1940s and early 50s. After 1962 when Jamaica was declared an independent country, roots reggae became the score that not ...

In Jamaican music’s immediate family, there are reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, dub and mento and Nyabinghi. Close cousins? That would be hip-hop, reggaeton, EDM and Afrobeats. Learn about all the ...

Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae star whose lead role in the 1972 cult-movie sensation “The Harder They Come” helped introduce the pulsating island dance beat to a global audience, has died. He was 81 ...

Reggae music has always been about more than rhythm. Rooted in Jamaica and carried around the world through artists who ...

The twice Grammy Award-winning Jamaican reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff has died at the age of 81, his family announced. Cliff’s wife, Latifa, said he had died “due to a seizure followed by pneumonia” ...

Reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff, who's unique tone, lyricism and breakthrough role on the silver screen helped make the music of his native Jamaica part of popular culture across the globe, has died at ...